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SF 2646

as introduced - 89th Legislature (2015 - 2016) Posted on 03/15/2016 09:55am

KEY: stricken = removed, old language.
underscored = added, new language.

Current Version - as introduced

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A bill for an act
relating to vocational rehabilitation; appropriating money for centers for
independent living; amending Laws 2015, First Special Session chapter 1, article
1, section 2, subdivision 6.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

Laws 2015, First Special Session chapter 1, article 1, section 2, subdivision
6, is amended to read:


Subd. 6.

Vocational Rehabilitation

Appropriations by Fund
General
22,611,000
deleted text begin 21,611,000
deleted text end new text begin 22,611,000
new text end
Workforce
Development
7,830,000
7,830,000

(a) $10,800,000 each year is from the general
fund for the state's vocational rehabilitation
program under Minnesota Statutes, chapter
268A.

(b) $2,261,000 deleted text begin each year isdeleted text end new text begin in 2016 and
$3,261,000 in 2017 are
new text end from the general fund
for grants to centers for independent living
under Minnesota Statutes, section 268A.11.

(c) $5,745,000 each year from the general
fund and $6,830,000 each year from the
workforce development fund are for extended
employment services for persons with severe
disabilities under Minnesota Statutes, section
268A.15.

(d) $250,000 in fiscal year 2016 and $250,000
in fiscal year 2017 are for rate increases to
providers of extended employment services
for persons with severe disabilities under
Minnesota Statutes, section 268A.15. This
appropriation is added to the agency's base.

(e) $2,555,000 each year is from the general
fund for grants to programs that provide
employment support services to persons with
mental illness under Minnesota Statutes,
sections 268A.13 and 268A.14.

(f) $1,000,000 each year is from the
workforce development fund for grants under
Minnesota Statutes, section 268A.16, for
employment services for persons, including
transition-aged youth, who are deaf,
deafblind, or hard-of-hearing. If the amount
in the first year is insufficient, the amount in
the second year is available in the first year.

(g) $1,000,000 in fiscal year 2016 is for a
grant to Assistive Technology of Minnesota,
a statewide nonprofit organization that is
exclusively dedicated to the issues of access
to and the acquisition of assistive technology.
The purpose of the grant is to acquire assistive
technology and to work in tandem with
individuals using this technology to create
career paths. This is a onetime appropriation.

(h) For purposes of this subdivision,
Minnesota Diversified Industries, Inc. is an
eligible provider of services for persons with
severe disabilities under Minnesota Statutes,
section 268A.15.